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3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Really, it's readable!
Thankfully, this book is more accessible than the blurb would lead one to believe. A useful summary.
Published on December 30, 1998
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Nothing doing
I found stale recounting of very well-known facts about 20th century technologies and their economics, with no insights. Since it covers the gamut from plastics to jet engines to microprocessors, and it's only 200 pages in a fairly large typeface, I wasn't expecting historical depth. But I was expecting at least one fresh idea. I bought it on the strength of a much...
Published on May 30, 1999 by SeanFurl
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Nothing doing,
By SeanFurl (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Paths of Innovation: Technological Change in 20th-Century America (Hardcover)
I found stale recounting of very well-known facts about 20th century technologies and their economics, with no insights. Since it covers the gamut from plastics to jet engines to microprocessors, and it's only 200 pages in a fairly large typeface, I wasn't expecting historical depth. But I was expecting at least one fresh idea. I bought it on the strength of a much earlier book by Nathan Rosenberg (about technology in the economy of the 19th century). I was disappointed. I get the feeling the book is intended as a brief survey for people who just came down in the last shower -- college freshmen born in the 1980s. I'll bet they find it kinda stodgy.
3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Really, it's readable!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Paths of Innovation: Technological Change in 20th-Century America (Hardcover)
Thankfully, this book is more accessible than the blurb would lead one to believe. A useful summary.
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Paths of Innovation: Technological Change in 20th-Century America by David C. Mowery (Hardcover - September 28, 1998)
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